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STATES PATENT OFFICE.

sfrAcY A. GARRIsoN, UNION, NEW YORK.

HUB-BEAMER.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 25,190, dated August 23, 1859'.

To aZZ 'whom it 'may concern:

Be it known tha-t I, STAGY A. GARRIsoN, of Union, in the county of Broome and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Implement or Device for Boring Taper-Holes in Hubs to Receive Their Boxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, making a part of this specification, said drawing being an elevation of my invention.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention I will proceed to describe it.

A, represents an arbor or shaft, on one end of which a screw thread a, is formed, at the opposite end a square Z), is formed to receive a crank with which to turn the arbor or shaft. In the arbor A, two cutters c, (Z, are secured. These cutters are of course constructed of steel, and one of them c, is fitted transversely in the arbor and secured in proper position by a key or wedge e. The cutter c, is formed of a straight cutting edge f, at or about at right angles with the arbor and a small spur g, having a cutting edge parallel with the arbor, said cutter acting precisely similar to the cutting portion of a screw auger. The cutter (Z, is formed of a blade ZL, having tangs z', z", at right angles to it at each end, said tangs being fitted in the arbor at right angles and secured therein by set screws j, as shown clearly in the drawing. The upper tang z", is slightly curved as well as the slot in which it is fitted so as to admit of a lateral adjustment of the blade 7L, from the lower set screw j, as a center.

B, is a clamp which is formed of two bent metal bars c, Z, connected by screw bolts m, m, as plainly shown in the drawing. The

parts of the bars la, Z, that are parallel with each other as shown at n, n, form the surfaces that grasp the hub, the other parts of the part Z, of the clamp B, and the two i parts 7:1, Z, secured together by the bolts m, m, with the hub C, between them. The cutters c, (Z, are then adjusted according to the size of the hole required to be made, the cutter c,

extending out sufficiently from the arbor to cut a hole equal in diameter to the front orifice of the intended hole and the blade ZL, adjusted obliquely with arbor corresponding to the taper form of the hole to be made. The implement is then placed in a vise, and the operator turns the arbor A, and the cutters c, (Z, pass into the hub, the screw a, and nut or bearing 0, feeding the cutters to their work, the cutter c, cutting a hole equal in diameter to the smaller end of the boX which is to be fitted in the hub, and the cutter CZ, rea-ming out said hole in taper form corresponding to the conical form of said box.

The within described implement may be constructed at a very small cost, will perform the desired work in a perfect manner and be used by any person not much skilled in the use of mechanical tools.

I do not claim separately any of the parts 1 herein shown and described; but,

I do claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

The arrangement and combination of theV cutters c, d, and the arbor A, as and for the s purpose herein shown and described.

STACY A. GARRISON. Vitnesses:

JOHN K. EDWARDS, J. B. WHITE. 

